Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery

Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery
Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery is located in South Carolina
Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery
Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery is located in the United States
Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery
Location3540 Woodruff Rd., near Simpsonville, South Carolina
Coordinates34°47′36″N 82°11′46″W / 34.79333°N 82.19611°W / 34.79333; -82.19611
NRHP reference No.100000688[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 2017

The Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery are a pair of historic cemeteries at 3540 Woodruff Road, southeast of Five Forks, South Carolina. The Kilgore Cemetery houses the remains of several generations of 19th-century plantation owners in the Kilgore family, while the Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery is an African-American burial ground established in 1868 by former slaves of the Kilgore plantation. The Kilgore Cemetery's funerary markers include several examples cut by W.T. White, a regionally prominent stone cutter.[2]

The cemeteries were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Historic Preservation News and Notes, April 2017" (PDF). South Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2017-11-07.